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"One of the forms which nonviolent intervention may take is the building of new institutions. When their creation and growth produces a challenge to the previous institutions, the new ones constitute nonviolent intervention. These new institutions intervene in various ways, such as by becoming competitive rivals of the opponent’s institutions, by replacing them partly or completely, by providing institutional implementation of the actionists’ principles or program, or by increasing the effectiveness of other methods of nonviolent action being used in the struggle."...

((Sharp, Gene. The Politics of Nonviolent Action (p. 422). Albert Einstein Institution. Kindle Edition.))

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011 records radio and television

records radio and television

trending_up 8.4/10 as a pair
group_work In 7 campaigns together
174 establishing new social patterns

establishing new social patterns

trending_up 8.3/10 as a pair
group_work In 7 campaigns together
106 industry strike

industry strike

trending_up 8.0/10 as a pair
group_work In 8 campaigns together

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029 symbolic reclamations

symbolic reclamations

trending_down 3.3/10 as a pair
group_work In 3 campaigns together
062 student strike

student strike

trending_down 4.6/10 as a pair
group_work In 6 campaigns together
127 withdrawal from governmental educational institutions

withdrawal from governmental educational institutions

trending_down 4.6/10 as a pair
group_work In 5 campaigns together

High scoring campaigns using this method

Historical cases from the Nonviolent Action Database that used this method

British students force end of Barclays Bank’s investments in South African Apartheid 1969-1987

10.0/10

Apartheid was a legal and political system of racial segregation in South Africa in which the National Party used violence to uphold political and economic control by the white minority. Apartheid began under colonial Dutch rule and was officially in...

Egyptians bring down dictatorship of Hosni Mubarak, 2011

10.0/10

Beginning in 1981, Hosni Mubarak ruled Egypt for over twenty-nine years. Though he ran for presidential reelection several times, elections were marked by widespread fraud, and opposing politicians were legally prohibited from running against Mubarak...

Lawrence, MA factory workers strike "for Bread and Roses," U.S. 1912

10.0/10

As we come marching, marching, we battle too for men, For they are women's children, and we mother them again. Our lives shall not be sweated from birth until life closes; Hearts starve as well as bodies; give us bread, but give us roses! - James Opp...

Ahmedabad textile laborers win strike for economic justice, 1918

10.0/10

A heavy monsoon season had destroyed agricultural crops and led to a plague epidemic claiming nearly 10 percent of the population of Ahmedabad in 1917. During the period of intense plague outbreak from August 1917 to January 1918, the workers of the ...

Hungarians campaign for independence from Austrian Empire, 1859-1867

10.0/10

In the 1840’s there were high tensions between Hungary and the Austrian Empire. Hungary, a part of the larger Austrian Empire, was characterized by nationalistic fervor and that feeling erupted in a violent insurgency in 1848. Franz Josef, the empero...

Billboard Utilising Graffitists Against Unhealthy Promotions (BUGA UP) campaigns against tobacco advertising, Australia, 1978-1994

10.0/10

In the 70s and 80s in Australia, tobacco companies had free reign to advertise in nearly all media, and tobacco advertising was a visual mainstay throughout public spaces. In addition, the prevailing mainstream view considered smoking to be an issue ...

Norwegian teachers prevent Nazi takeover of education, 1942

10.0/10

Norway was invaded by the Nazis on April 9, 1940. Within two months, the Nazis had crushed Norwegian military resistance and installed a puppet government. Norwegians responded to the occupation of their country both nonviolently and violently. Becau...

Chicago parents stage occupation to acquire a library for local school, 2010

10.0/10

Pilson, Chicago is home to a large community of Mexican immigrants, and is one of many low-income neighborhoods in Chicago with underfunded schools. In 2011, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) faced a deficit of around $712 million in funding for education...

Indians in South Africa wage Satyagraha for their rights, 1906-1914

9.0/10

Before the start of the 20th century, there were about 62,000 Indians living in South Africa, including the British colonies of Natal and the Cape, and the Boer republics of Transvaal and the Orange Free State (OFS). Most Indians were indentured labo...

Fayette County, TN, African Americans form tent city for U.S. voting rights, 1960-1962

9.0/10

While the U.S. Supreme Court had already ruled against denying citizens from participation in elections, de facto racism in the country’s South kept countless African Americans from casting votes well into the 20th century. Despite the fact that Afri...

Low scoring campaigns using this method

Historical cases from the Nonviolent Action Database that used this method

Black miners strike in the Northern Rhodesian (Zambia) Copperbelt, 1935

2.0/10

By 1924, Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) was administered and occupied by the British government as an official British protectorate. While the Colonial Office headed administration, a group of interconnected companies financed by Britain, South Afric...

U.S. Homestead Steel workers strike to protect unions and wages, 1892

2.0/10

In 1889, workers at the Carnegie Company’s Homestead Works on the Monongahela River southeast of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania forced the company to pay workers according to a sliding scale corresponding to the price of steel. This set up a correlation be...

Black South Africans boycott Bantu education system, 1954-1955

3.0/10

In 1953 the South African Government passed the Bantu Education Act into law. This act gave the South African government the power to structure the education of Native South African children, separate from White South African children. This law was i...

Maori resistance to British land seizure at Parihaka, New Zealand, 1879-81

3.0/10

The Taranaki region of present day New Zealand spreads from the central plateau of the North Island to the western coast. The Maori people, indigenous to the region, once inhabited it and the surrounding areas. By 1860, New Zealand had been a colony ...

Outside observers campaign for prison reform at Walpole Prison, U.S., 1973

3.0/10

Walpole was a maximum-security prison in South Walpole, Massachusetts. The Observer Program’s campaign to bring civilian volunteers into Walpole Prison formed part of a larger movement of opposition to cruelties of the prison system. It also coincide...

Palestinians wage nonviolent campaign during First Intifada, 1987-1988

3.0/10

EDITOR'S NOTE: Regarding the First Intifada as "nonviolent" is controversial because of the violence that accompanied the campaign. Aden Tedla's narrative does not try to hide the violent dimension. Three considerations lead us to include the case in...

Prisoners occupy Attica Correctional Facility for just treatment, 1971

3.5/10

Editor's Note: We recognize that the inclusion of this case in a database of nonviolent action may be controversial because of the campaigner violence at certain points during the campaign. However, we have concluded that the campaigner violence was ...

University of California Students Oppose Tuition Hike, 2009

3.5/10

In the fall of 2009, the University of California Board of Regents met at UCLA to discuss and vote for a tuition hike necessary for them to deal with shrinking budget and spending cuts across the board. The Universities’ budget deficits were associat...

Effectiveness profile

Success by Opponent
Corporation / Business 6.1
Educational Institution 6.4
Financial Institution 10.0
Government / State Body 6.2
Healthcare Provider 9.0
Judiciary / Legal System 8.0
Military / Police 5.0
Success by Theme
Success by Group Type
Success by Region
Success by Campaign Scale
Success by Goal Magnitude

Risk profile

Risk by region

Compared to the worldwide average for this method

Africa
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Lethal Force and Harm trending_down Below Average
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Physical Assault (Non-Lethal) trending_down Below Average
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Arrests and Legal Action trending_down Below Average
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Intimidation and Harassment trending_down Below Average
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Restrictions on Rights and Freedoms arrow_upward Higher
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Property Damage and Economic Reprisals trending_down Below Average
Americas
Asia
Europe
Oceania

Risk by regime

Compared to the worldwide average for this method

Closed autocracy
Electoral autocracy
Electoral democracy
Liberal democracy